Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed

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Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed
Formation2002
Founded at European Union
PurposeSystem for reporting food safety issues
Website https://food.ec.europa.eu/food-safety/rasff_en

The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) is a system for reporting food safety issues within the European Union. [1] [2] It was established in 1979 as the Rapid Alert System for Food. [3] In 2002, feed was incorporated and covered by the system under Regulation (EC) 178/2002 of 28 January 2002, which entered into force on 21 February 2002. [4] Its objective is to achieve "a high level of protection of human life and health", based on the principle that the free movement of food and feed within the European Community (now the European Union) can only be achieved if food and feed safety requirements do not differ significantly between Member States. [4] [5]

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  1. ↑ "Rapid alert systems". EFTA surveillance authority. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  2. ↑ Gijs A. Kleter; et al. (December 2007). "Identification of potentially emerging food safety issues by analysis of reports published by the European Community's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) during a four-year period". Food and Chemical Toxicology . 47 (5): 932–950. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2007.12.022. PMID   18255210.
  3. ↑ "The history of RASFF - Food Safety - European Commission". food.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  4. 1 2 EU Monitor, Regulation 2002/178 - General principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, accessed 29 March 2022
  5. ↑ "BVL - The European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)". www.bvl.bund.de. Archived from the original on 2025-09-10. Retrieved 2025-12-08.


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